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B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act in what she says will "reshape" forest management in the province. Katrine Conroy told ...
Oct 20, 2021
Closed six weeks: Yellowknife schools to reopen Monday as COVID-19 cases decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas are to reopen Monday after a six-week closure during a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. Cases have declined in t...
Oct 20, 2021
Health-care workers demand Trudeau fast track paid sick-leave policy
OTTAWA - A coalition of front-line health-care workers has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fast-track proposed legislative amendments to grant paid sick leave to federally regulated workers. Tr...
Oct 20, 2021
More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report
OTTAWA - A new report examining the health impacts of climate change says more Canadians than ever are facing serious health risks from heat waves and wildfires, prompting warnings from doctors that w...
Oct 20, 2021
Trudeau urged to make decriminalization of illicit drugs a priority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to decriminalize the possession and use of illicit drugs as a way to combat the opioid crisis that has resulted in thousands of deaths in Canada. ...
Oct 20, 2021
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cries as he presents COVID-19 modelling
REGINA - Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cried Wednesday during a teleconference on COVID-19 modelling in the province. Dr. Saqib Shahab said it's upsetting to see what is happening in Sas...
Oct 20, 2021
Roadwork woes: detours to continue in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Street construction typically goes hand-in-hand with summer but this year the roadwork season is continuing well into fall in Medicine Hat for a number of reasons.For example, a wor...
Oct 20, 2021
New Brooks mayor wants to improve city's highway image
BROOKS, AB - Brooks is among the many communities in Alberta that elected a new mayor this week.John Petrie defeated fellow councillor Norman Gerestein in Monday's election. Petrie earned 1,580 votes ...
Oct 20, 2021
Deadline looms for initial livestock feed assistance
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An update on the response to the Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance program, made available through the AgriRecovery program, is meeting good response. Alberta Beef Producers Governmen...
Oct 20, 2021
Province passes 3,000 COVID-19 deaths, one new death in Medicine Hat
There are 232 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.Medicine Hat has had 4,330 total cases - the 232 active, 4,024 recovered and there have been 74 deaths, one new today.There are 15 n...
Oct 20, 2021